Laura Etta Mlinar

Laura Etta Mlinar

Laura Etta Mlinar, 90, a Joplin farmwife who loved RVing, bowling and poodles, died Saturday at the Chester nursing home.

Her funeral will be 2 p. m. Wednesday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Joplin. Burial will follow at Joplin Cemetery. A reception will be held at the church. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel in Chester.

Etta was preceded in death by her husband, Les Mlinar in 1999; and her sister, Alyce Beck in 2007. Her only survivors are nieces and nephews.